WASHINGTON The Trump administration says it will bypass 37 environmental and other laws to expedite construction of a 15-mile-long section of President Donald Trumps planned wall along the U.S.-Mexico border seemingly removing any doubt about whether the the wall will harm the environment.

The waiver, announced Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security, applies to the construction of several wall prototypes, access roads and 14 miles of replacement fencing near San Diego, a Homeland Security official told HuffPost.

DHS has been granted authority to exempt itself from all legal requirements it determines necessary to construct barriers and roads under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. Between 2005 and 2008, the department invoked that authority five times, according to the agency.

DHS noted in its Tuesday release that in fiscal year 2016 the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended more than 31,000 illegal aliens and confiscated more than 9,000 pounds of marijuana and more than 1,300 pounds of cocaine in its San Diego Sector. It described the sector, which includes some 60 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, as an area of high illegal entry for which there is an immediate need to improve current infrastructure and construct additional border barriers and roads.

Among the lengthy list of laws it will waive are the National Environmental Policy Act a 1969 law requiring federal agencies to complete environmental assessments of their projects the Endangered Species Act, the Migratory Bird Conservation Act and the Clean Air Act.It is likely a sign of how the administration, which has worked swiftly to roll back a slew of environmental regulations, plans to fulfill Trumps pledge for a great, great wall on the nearly 2,000-mile southern border.

Despite sidestepping these laws, DHS is committed to responsible environmental stewardship and will continue to assess potential impacts, coordinate with relevant stakeholders, and to the extent possible, offset or mitigate potential impacts, department spokesman Carlos Diaz said in an email to HuffPost.

Trump wants to scare people into letting him ignore the law and endanger wildlife and people, Brian Segee, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement. Trumps wall is a divisive symbol of fear and hatred, and it does real harm to the landscape and communities.

A study by the center in May found that 93 threatened, endangered and candidate speciescould be negatively affected by the proposed border wall,including jaguars, ocelots, Mexican spotted owls, Mexican gray wolves and Quino checkerspot butterflies.

Driven by an anti-immigrant agenda, the Trump administration is callously putting construction of an environmentally and culturally destructive border wall above water resources for communities on both sides of the border, federally protected lands, clean air, and the lives of hundreds of endangered species all while turning a blind eye to the vital relationships of cross-border communities and our longstanding values as a nation, she said in a statement.

So far, very little funding has been secured for the walls estimated cost of upwards of $70 billion a tab Trump insists Mexico will eventually pay for.

Its every parentsworst nightmare: bringing a small, helpless and perfect baby into the world, only to have them swept away for emergency care just minutes after theyve taken their last breath.

But for too many couples, thats the devastating reality.

Its an experience that hits close to home for Chris and Michelle Korres. But thanks to the love and intentional care of some amazing nurses in the NICU, the stressful time that followed welcoming their unhealthy baby into the world was filled with comfort and joy.

Hanging from Benjamins IV pole was a tiny blue cape with a bright red B on it. Attached to the cape was a message that read: To our little Superhero, love Stephanie T.

Upon seeing the cape and message, Michelle totally lost itas she burst into tears of joy. It was an amazing reminder that they werent alone in sweet Benjamins brave fight!

Stephanie T turned out to be a NICU nurse, Stephanie Treherne, whom the couple had never met. But that didnt keep her from giving these scared new parents the sense of comfort they were looking for.

Confused as to why a nurse who had never interacted with Chris and Michelle would go so far to show her support for their son, Stephanie told CVT News, It represents exactly how we see the babies. These babies are super strong. They fight through so much. Theyre just little superheroes.

Stephanie makes these tiny capes for every little superhero that comes through the NICU. Each one brings unexpected and overwhelming joy to every parent.

No matter what your job is, its always better when you can find purpose in the work youre doing. Theres no doubt that Stephanie has found her calling in the NICU, and has been able to provide support to parents who desperately need it. Thats purpose, and this girl is living it!

A network developer identified Madalyn Parker lately took a few days off from work to focus on her mental health issues. When she got an email back from her boss about it, though, she was stupefied by his response .

Parker, who works for live chats software engineering corporation Olark, has been a vocal proponent for supportive workplaces since writing an emotional essay in 2015 about her harrowing battle with mental health issues issues and how they change her career. Corporate culture often labels sadnes, anxiety and other mental disorder, in spite of the fact that peak mental rendition is often essential to these kinds of jobs. With her recently completed ordeal, Parker shows the world that a bit compassion moves a long way .

After sharing the email she received from her boss, Olark CEO Ben Congleton, a wave of kudo’s wheeled in. Over 9.5 thousand retweets and 32 thousand likes afterwards, Congleton and his touching content have gone viral, and people have pretty much unanimously “ve decided that” every boss should be like him. Find out what he suggested below, and give us know how your boss would handle this situation in specific comments !

Meet Madalyn Parker, a web developer from Michigan who works for Olark

Recently, she found herself needing a few days off, which she emailed her team about right away

The way her boss responded, though, was something most of us would never imagine

After sharing the touching message on Twitter, the world pretty much gave him a digital standing ovation

Unfortunately, employees from other companies didn’t get the same support from their bosses

Some people even sparked a discussion on what kind of leave people should be taking for mental health issues

Do you think employees deserve days off work to take care of their mental health?

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